Detained former National Security Adviser of Nigeria, Sambo Dasuki, does not want to be briefly released in order to enable him attend his late father, Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki's burial this week. The information was conveyed by the Federal minister of Interior Abdulrahman Dambazau on Tuesday 15 November 2016.

According to Dambazau:

"We had discussed with the Director-General, DSS, yesterday and Sambo was offered to visit his late father on his hospital bed in Abuja.

"He declined and said he preferred to pray for him. He was also offered to be in Sokoto throughout the mourning period and he also declined, preferring to pray for his late father. That was the true situation."